Pay the Price

"Keep an eye on him. Besides, Vincent, stay here and guard the villa. Stop him from going out for the next few days. Ask him to clean up the house and do his job."
"Yes."
Vincent opened the car door and got off. He watched as the two cars drove in the direction of Russell's Villa.
Only when Russell saw Viola sitting in the dining room the next morning eating breakfast that Chana made did he know that she had returned.
He had wanted to go over and tease her, but he suddenly found that she was holding a spoon in her left hand, eating.
Her right hand was hanging and wasn't on the dining table.
Russell circled around her and sat down on the chair next to her, only to see that her right hand was bandaged.
"Viola, what happened to your hand?"
"Nothing, I was bitten by a dog," Viola said casually as she continued to eat her oatmeal.
Russell was very distressed. "How dare the dog! I will help you chop it!"
"It's just a useless big wolfdog. I will punish him."
Russell still wanted to ask, but Viola had put down her spoon and finished her breakfast. "Russell, I'll go to the Caffrey Group now. I have to go to the Angle Group in the afternoon. Please enjoy your breakfast."
"Alright, be careful."
Russell waited for her to leave before calling Jimmy in.
He sat in the chair and looked at Jimmy with a cold expression. "What happened to Ms. Zumthor's hand?"
Jimmy lowered his head and said in a trembling voice, "Just like what Ms. Zumthor had said, she was bitten by ... a dog."
"Jimmy, you know the consequences of lying to me. She lived well in Bay Villa. Where did this dog come from? The dog must be Orlando, right?"
"You are right..."
Jimmy felt aggrieved.
It was just his guess, but now that it was confirmed. Russell was furious. "Bastard! Last time, it was a mistake for me to ask Bobby to let him go. He dared to hurt my sister. I will make him pay with his life!"
Russell took out his phone and was about to make a call, but Jimmy hurriedly stopped him.
"Mr. McGraw, calm down. Ms. McGraw has always had a mind of her own. She should have her own plans by keeping Mr. Caffrey. You shouldn't ruin her plans."
Russell narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment. "His life can be left to Viola. She can slowly torture him, but he must pay the price for what he had done to Viola!"
As he spoke, he called for Jimmy to come over and whispered a few words to him, "... Do you remember?"
"Yes, Mr. McGraw!"
...
For the past two days, Viola had been shuttling from the Angle Group to the Caffrey Group.
It was Christmas, and the talent show stopped recording for a day, allowing the girls to take a day off.
Viola also prepared to go back to Russell's villa early and ate with Russell. While she was tidying up her desk, Rayna, her assistant, knocked on the door and came in urgently.
"Ms. Zumthor, bad news! Talent show shooting base said that Sherlyn is missing again!"
Viola's expression was very serious. Who was it this time? Could it be Jaylin?
She drove to the base with Rayna and checked all the surveillance cameras.
It was different this time. Sherlyn had never left the base, so she should still be in the base, not kidnapped.
The staff searched the entire base but could not find her. It was as if she had suddenly disappeared.
For a moment, the staff and contestants in the base were in a state of panic.
Viola never believed in superstition.
Unless someone was playing tricks!
She called all the girls who had not returned home to her office to ask them questions.
"I don't know. She and I are not in the same dormitory. I have never seen her before."
"She usually doesn't like to talk to us. It seems that she has a better relationship with the other girls in her dormitory. Go ask them. I don't know anything."
...
After asking around, everyone didn't tell Viola the truth, and no result was got.
Viola could only find Dahlia, who had just been knocked out from the previous program.
Dahlia said, "My votes are too little, and I've already been knocked out. How could I know? But Jaylin didn't come to find me. It doesn't seem like she was the one who kidnapped this. But I know that Jane Miller had a bad relationship with Jaylin before. She often bullied Jaylin when the camera wasn't on them. Perhaps you can investigate based on this clue."
Jane? wondered Viola.
"Alright." She narrowed her eyes.
She immediately asked the person in charge to investigate Jane's departure record and found that after she left half an hour later in the morning, there was news of Sherlyn's disappearance from the base.
Could it be that this was a bullying incident?
Viola quickly asked the staff to find an excuse to call Jane back.
When Jane entered the base, she was forcibly brought to the meeting room.
Viola sat in the center of the room and stared at Jane coldly, which startled her.
"Who are you? Why are you restricting my freedom and bringing me here?"
Viola curled her lips into a smile. "I am the managing director of the Angle Group. I am the brains behind this program."
After hearing Viola's self-introduction, Jane snorted, "Do you know who I am? Monica Cooper, a rich lady of the base, is protecting me! How dare you treat me like that! Do you believe that I can kick you out of the Angle Group immediately with a phone call?"
"Do you want to try? You can't kick me out of the Angle Group with a call, but I can make you lose the qualifications to join the show with a call."
Jane was silent.
It was not easy for her to make it from the first match to what she was now, and with her ranking, she also had a chance to make her debut. She could not be kicked out at this juncture.
Because she was afraid of losing the qualifications, she didn't dare to bet with Viola.
Seeing her wavering, Viola asked, "Where is Sherlyn?"
"I ... I locked her up in that remote toilet to the east."
...
When Sherlyn was found, her entire body was drenched. She curled up on the ground and trembled. Her voice was a little hoarse because she had shouted for too long.
Viola was furious. First, she asked the staff to send Sherlyn to the medical room in the base for treatment and then asked Jane to apologize to Sherlyn.
When Sherlyn slowly woke up, she saw Jane gritting her teeth and kneeling beside her bed.
"I'm sorry! I should not have tricked you!"
When Sherlyn heard Jane's impetuous tone, she turned her face to the side, not wanting to pay any attention to her at all.
Viola glanced at Jane on the ground and said with a fake smile, "It seems that your apology was not sincere enough. She didn't forgive you."
Jane panicked, and her eyes immediately turned red. "Sherlyn, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I just wanted to trick you. I didn't want to hurt you. I didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive me. It wasn't easy for me to go this far. I don't want to be kicked out of the competition!"
When Sherlyn heard her last sentence, her eyes darkened. She sighed, "Forget it, I forgive you. Get lost."
Jane was very happy as She looked at Viola, who had a cold and arrogant expression.
"You heard it! She said she won't argue with me!"
Viola nodded and turned to instruct the person in charge to kick Jane out of the competition.
"Why? You said that as long as I apologized to her, you would let me go!" Jane was stunned.
"She forgave you, but you made her voice go hoarse. I don't know if it will affect her competition next week, so I won't forgive you!"
"Why?" Jane was not convinced.
"Not all apologies are worthy of forgiveness! Furthermore, I have the final say in this matter!"